Monaco Week for Waste Reduction – Schedule

MONACO WEEK FOR WASTE REDUCTION

2^nd edition – from 21 to 29 November 2020

Get ready for a 100% (or nearly 100%) virtual Week for Waste Reduction starting on Saturday

HAPPENING ALL WEEK

* “My Zero Waste poster” exhibition of drawings, organised by the Animal Fund. See the association’s page or the EWWR Monaco page on Facebook.

* Virtual EWWR: a week of eco challenges! The Department of the Environment is setting a week of eco challenges which will help people reduce their waste. Check out the EWWR Monaco Facebook page every morning from 23 to 27 November.

* Raising awareness about marine waste: a video produced by the RAMOGE, ACCOBAMS and Pelagos agreements, available all week on the EWWR Monaco Facebook page.

* Follow the Gazette de Monaco: this media source, which is in the middle of an environmental and digital transition, will be explaining how its editorial offices are being modernised and how the team is working to become more eco-friendly. Read their articles on https://lagazettedemonaco.com.

* Short videos to help you reduce your waste: Ecopolis is offering virtual workshops, which are available from the association’s Facebook page. Try out their ideas for zero-waste recipes, recycled Christmas decorations and tips for eliminating gift wrap. Make sure you check out the wonderful world of worm composting, too!

* Bring your boxes to Carrefour Monaco between 23 and 27 November: customers who spend €20 in store and use a reusable container for their shopping will receive a €3 voucher.

* Reduce your waste by following the videos posted by the Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort on social media: how to make your own stainless steel cleaner, a zero-waste cooking class presented live by Marcel Ravin, and ways to recycle various items (tissue paper, blouses and trousers)... on Facebook and Instagram.

* Travelling responsibly: the Tourist and Convention Authority will help you discover alternative solutions for planning your future trips – Infographic can be downloaded under “Green” on https://www.visitmonaco.com/en.

* E-ducation Week from Stars’n’Bars, who are using their vast social and digital media network to share messages and infomercials promoting zero waste. Follow them on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn, and look out in the restaurant for zero-waste events taking place in the children’s game room.

* Good ideas from InspireME: InspireME Monte-Carlo has created an awareness campaign in the form of good ideas shared every day of the week. Check them out on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn.

MONDAY 23 NOVEMBER

As part of the Monaco Against Waste initiative, Monaco City Hall, in partnership with MC2D, is launching a website dedicated to reducing waste in all its forms. You can find it at: www.contrelegaspillage.mc

TUESDAY 24 NOVEMBER

The Monaco Economic Board invites you to a MEBinar on “Reducing waste, a business opportunity in the Monegasque economy” at 5 pm. Register by clicking here!

Collection of second-hand children’s books organised by Monaco City Hall from 9 am to 1 pm – La Condamine Market

WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER

Collection of second-hand children’s books organised by Monaco City Hall

from 11 am to 3 pm – Stars’n’Bars

THURSDAY 26 NOVEMBER

Collection of second-hand children’s books organised by Monaco City Hall

from 9 am to 1 pm – La Condamine Market, more information available from: https://www.mairie.mc

And thank you to all those who have helped to make EWWR a reality:

MONEGASQUE SANITATION COMPANY (SMA), the PALACE GUARDS, the MONACO FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICE, the DEPARTMENT OF URBAN AMENITIES, MONACO CITY HALL, the DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS, the DIGITAL TRANSITION OFFICE, the PRINCE ALBERT II FOUNDATION, PRINCESS GRACE HOSPITAL, the OCEANOGRAPHIC MUSEUM (follow on: Twitter and Facebook), FRASER YACHTS, CFM INDOSUEZ WEALTH MANAGEMENT, BURGESS, EXSYMOL, CARREFOUR MONACO and the GRIMALDI FORUM, who are introducing measures to reduce their own waste and raise awareness about waste among their officers, staff, customers and patients.

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